This 9 x 12 book from Italy and published in English by Dalton Watson might seem like another potboiler-coffee-table-color-photo-exercise, but it is several rungs up the ladder from that. First, the author and photographer have, as the title implies, focused on Italian coupes built from 1947 to 1962. Why they excluded spiders is a good question, but by narrowing it down to the coupes, it better shows the Italian genius of the era. We are all for it: What could be more exciting than a tight, low and streamlined Italian berlinetta? [Read more…] about Berlinetta ’50s: Rare Italian Coupes Reviewed

Cream of the crop: Italian design firms still produce wonders, such as the 2010 Alfa Romeo Pandion from Bertone, even if the lead designer was Mike Robinson, an American. The book Italian Coachbuilders includes current design firms as well as those active before WWI.

Review by Pete Vack, comments by Wallace Wyss
All photos from the book